corridor

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French corridor, from Italian corridore (“long passage”) (= corridoio), from correre (“to run”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒɹɪdɔː/, /-də/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɹɪdoː/, /-də/ (General American, Canada) enPR: kôrʹədôr', IPA(key): /ˈkoɹəˌdoɹ/; enPR: kôrʹədər', IPA(key): /ˈkoɹədɚ/ (New York City) IPA(key): /ˈkɑɹəˌdɔɹ/; IPA(key): /ˈkɑɹədɚ/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɹədoː/, /-də/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): [ˈkɔ̟ɹədoː], [-də] Hyphenation: cor‧ri‧dor === Noun === corridor (plural corridors) A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or in a railway carriage. A restricted tract of land that allows passage between two places. (military, historical, rare) The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place. Airspace restricted for the passage of aircraft. The land near an important road, river, railway line. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian corridore. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ.ʁi.dɔʁ/ === Noun === corridor m (plural corridors) corridor, passage ==== Descendants ==== → Crimean Tatar: koridor → Dutch: corridor → Indonesian: koridor → English: corridor → Iranian Persian: کریدور (koridor) → Ottoman Turkish: قوریدور (koridor)Turkish: koridor === Further reading === “corridor”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012